The disciples of the Water God School, having just suffered a setback, now place all their hopes on Izuru, hoping that she can represent the school and prove herself by defeating their opponents.

Izoruti was not surprised by this situation.

In fact, before today, she had already encountered several powerful individuals coming to challenge her, and the ordinary disciples were unable to handle them, forcing her to take action herself.

At that time, the opponents he faced were all talented swordsmen from various places, most of whom were swordsmen of the Hokushin-ryu school, because the Hokushin-ryu school was the most popular school among adventurers.

Although these people were experienced in actual combat and even proficient in various cunning techniques, they posed no challenge whatsoever to Izuru, a near-Water Saint.

Because of the Water God's perception ability, it is enough to see through all the opponent's little tricks and deal with any possible threat.

The only thing that really put Izuru Tei under pressure was her duel with the master of the Sword God School, since the Sword God School didn't rely on any tricks and its strength was purely based on speed.

Even though Izuru judged the opponent's movements and caught the flow of the sword, she almost couldn't keep up with the opponent's speed, which led to her defeat.

From that moment on, Izuru finally understood why the Water God had organized the challenge, making her fight against various swordsmen.

This is essentially training her to compete against various schools of swordsmanship, and to identify and address her weaknesses.

Izuru's swordsmanship has also improved by leaps and bounds in these days of challenges, and she has even vaguely seen the threshold of breaking through to the Saint level.

Who is my opponent?

Izuru is currently very much looking forward to her new opponent, so she couldn't wait to go to the training ground and be ready for battle at any time.

However, when she saw her opponent, her expression immediately became strange, even chaotic.

Because she discovered that her opponent was actually a girl who was a little younger than herself, and most importantly, behind the girl stood a figure that she found incredibly familiar.

The moment she saw the other person, Isoru couldn't help but blurt out:

"Shirou, it's you!?"

Chapter 126 Instant Kill!

On her way to the dojo, Isoru imagined many possible scenarios.

After all, she was a swordsman who could defeat all the other disciples in the dojo and even force her, the strongest of the younger generation, to take action. She must be a threatening figure who would require her to go all out.

For the sake of the dojo's honor, and also to meet the expectations of the current water god, Isorti will naturally do everything in her power to defeat her opponent.

But what she never expected was that the person standing in front of her was not the fierce opponent or the terrifying swordsman she had imagined, but the boy named Shirou whom she had met on the road before.

Isorie's attitude toward Shirou is undoubtedly very complicated.

Because of Shirou's previous acts of punishing villains and his sense of justice, Isorty had a great fondness for him.

If she could spar with Shirou, further their relationship, and even become close friends, she would undoubtedly be very happy to do so.

However, when Izuru met Shirou before, although Izuru thought there was nothing wrong with her behavior, in retrospect, she realized that the armor she was wearing at the time was really not feminine. It was not only not attractive to him, but it even brought a negative sense of oppression.

Izuru had deeply regretted this, wishing she could go on patrol without wearing armor.

But now, something even more deadly than whether or not to wear armor is appearing before him.

She actually became Shirou's opponent in a dojo challenge.

Izuru had never imagined that her challenger would be Shirou.

While this is indeed a possibility, since Isalty had previously sensed that Shirou's strength was extraordinary, and he was about the same age as her, making him fully qualified to challenge her, Isalty did not want to fight Shirou in this environment.

However, unlike sparring in private, fighting in the dojo can force you to bring in some emotions and burdens that are not originally there.

"Go, Izuru! Defeat these two challengers!"

"Our Water God Style is the strongest!"

"Senior sister, you are the strongest!!"

"..."

In an instant, with the arrival of Isorti, all the disciples of the Water God School in the entire Water God School became extremely excited, even excited.

This is undoubtedly due to Izoruti's immense popularity.

She not only has a beautiful appearance, but also extraordinary strength, making her practically the object of fantasy for all the young people in the Water God School.

However, fantasy is fantasy precisely because it is impossible to realize in reality.

All the disciples of the Water God School always kept a respectful distance from Izuru, lacking the courage to cultivate a good relationship with this senior sister.

That's why Isorti so longs to make a friend with whom she can talk and have a friendly relationship.

Judging from the current situation, her original hope of becoming friends with Shirou has undoubtedly been completely dashed.

If this battle were to occur, forget about being friends; we'd be grateful if we didn't become enemies.

Just as Izoruti was filled with bitter thoughts and was even contemplating suicide, Alice returned to the training ground.

Unlike Izuru, Alice was currently in high spirits, completely unaffected by any emotional state, and only yearning for victory in the battle.

Furthermore, due to her consecutive victories in the previous two battles, she was in high spirits and fully confident in defeating any opponent!

"Are you my opponent?"

Alice gripped the wooden sword and glared menacingly at her opponent.

"Um... um, hello, I am Izorutikel."

"Alice Bereas Grerat".

Facing the absent-minded Izuru, Ellie casually announced her name, and her entire demeanor became fierce without the slightest hesitation.

"It seems you are the final opponent."

Alice's expression was incredibly excited. "As long as I defeat you, I'll consider the challenge a victory!"

"Of course, as long as you can defeat me."

Hearing Alice's words, Isorti finally came to her senses and realized that what she needed to think about now was not how to show her feminine strength in front of Shirou, but rather how to defend the dignity and reputation of her Water God Style Dojo in this battle.

She then exhaled and raised her sword with an extremely standard posture.

"Please give me your guidance, and please go easy on me."

"Humph……"

Alice's easily ignited competitive spirit at Izuru's provocative attitude.

The red-haired girl charged out again like a wild beast!

"boom!"

Approximately a few seconds later.

The fierce and fiery Alice was thrown into the air like a train that had been abruptly stopped. She was sent flying and fell over a great distance and in an arc, tumbling several times on the ground before finally coming to a stop with difficulty due to the resistance of the ground.

"boom!"

With Alice completely collapsed to the ground, unable to even get up due to the overwhelming pressure, the battle ended almost unnoticed by most people.

"What...what just happened?"

At this moment, the most shocked people are undoubtedly the many adventurers.

They had initially been optimistic about Alice's two consecutive victories, even though her methods were not honorable. However, for adventurers, nothing was more important than victory.

Furthermore, the adventurers desperately wanted someone to take their place in challenging the Water God School, in order to save face for the other swordsmen.

Therefore, adventurers generally support Alice more.

However, given Izuru's own reputation, the adventurers did not believe that Alice could win easily, and that she was more likely to suffer a difficult defeat.

However, the adventurers never expected the battle to end so quickly.

Alice, who had just been undefeated against the Water God Swordsmen, was instantly defeated when facing Izuru.

This exaggerated difference made many adventurers feel as if they saw some kind of insurmountable chasm, and the girl with the long, light blue hair seemed like an insurmountable iron wall...

Compared to the adventurers, the disciples of the Water God School were much calmer.

They were clearly used to seeing Izuru's moves, and even more used to how easily Izuru could instantly kill opponents of the same level.

As someone who is just one step away from becoming a Saint-level being and being given the title of Water Saint, Izuru's strength is far beyond that of swordsmen of the same age.

Moreover, the Water God Style itself is an extreme defensive counter-attacking style.

Therefore, if the opponent is the type that will take the initiative to attack, they will immediately be countered by the Water God Style.

The fiercer the attack, the more exaggerated the counterattack will be.

It's a type of power that grows stronger the enemy.

Therefore, the more confident the swordsmen who come to challenge the dojo are in their own abilities, the stronger Izuru will be when they face her.

She was a girl as solid as an iron wall, an insurmountable gap for swordsmen of the same level.

"!!!"

As Izuruti achieved her expected victory, the swordsmen of the Water God School cheered, feeling a sense of collective honor for their school's triumph.

After seeing Alice being knocked away, Shirou immediately ran to the girl's side.

It turned out that although Alice looked disheveled, she had not actually suffered any obvious injuries, indicating that Izuru had clearly held back.

"How are you? Can you still stand up?"

When Shirou spoke, he did not reach out to help Alice up.

Because he knew very well that the other person didn't need him to help her up, he asked the question to make sure that Alice's confidence hadn't been affected.

"I, I'm fine..."

Although Alice said she was fine, her expression still showed obvious signs of being dazed.

The outcome of that battle was simply too unacceptable. Alice had imagined countless scenarios, but she never thought she would be so easily killed.

That gap is beyond what can be described by mere difference; such a vast chasm can even make one doubt the sword in their hand and the path of swordsmanship they have chosen.

There are countless examples throughout history of how overwhelming setbacks can shatter a person's resolve and even drive them to madness.

Because people can accept failure, but they cannot accept the denial of the path they have taken.

That means that everything accumulated in the past, and the places reached in the future, will not be the true end.

Alice's doubt was whether the Sword God School could actually defeat the Water God School.

This was a failure that severely impacted beliefs.

"Ugh."

Seeing Alice, who was always fearless, showing such confusion, loss of control, and even helplessness for the first time, Shirou sighed silently.

He realized that he had to face Izuru Tei head-on no matter what.

Although he hesitated when he saw Izuruti arrive, not really wanting to fight the girl who had helped him, now he had to fight this battle just to give Alice back her courage and make her believe that the path she had taken was not wrong and that the Sword God Style was no weaker than the Water God Style.

"May I spar with Miss Izoruti?"

Shirou spoke to his teacher, Mizukami Ryu, who was standing to the side.

According to the rules, Shirou, like Alice, needs to defeat three disciples of the Suijin-ryu Dojo to prove his strength.

But that would mean it could take a lot of time.

If possible, Shirou still hopes to fight Isorty directly.

"This……"

The teacher of the Suijin-ryu school hesitated upon hearing Shirou's request.

While he was considering, Isao slowly spoke up: "Let him fight me. Shirou definitely has the strength."

"Izuru?"

Unexpectedly, Isorti took the initiative to challenge Shirou to a fight, and the teachers at the Suijin-ryu Dojo naturally couldn't refuse.

He then agreed to this irregular proposal.

The battle between Shirou and Izuru has been permitted!

Chapter 127 Shirou VS Izuru!

The fact that the teacher of the Water God Style Dojo agreed to Shirou's fight against Isorti undoubtedly provoked a reaction from many people present.

Unlike Alice, Shirou had never fought against other Suishin-ryu disciples at the Suishin-ryu dojo.

This makes it impossible for most people to judge Shirou's strength.

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